Square Foot Farming Part 3

by Cameron | May 11, 2015 | Food, Food Storage, Homesteading, Pets, Preparedness, Prepping

This is the third part of a three part arti­cle shar­ing with you my expe­ri­ences with square foot farm­ing… well its not real­ly farm­ing but it involves both gar­den­ing and ani­mal hus­bandry so it may as well be. In part one, I explained some of my expe­ri­ences... Read more

Square Foot Farming Part 2

by Cameron | May 4, 2015 | Food, Food Storage, Homesteading, Pets, Preparedness, Self Reliance

This is the sec­ond part of a three part arti­cle shar­ing with you my expe­ri­ences with square foot farm­ing… its some­thing most sub­ur­ban dwellers can do and its an essen­tial prep­per skill. In part one, I explained some of my expe­ri­ences with gar­den­ing in... Read more

Square Foot Farming Part 1

by Cameron | Apr 27, 2015 | DIY, Food, Food Storage, Gardening, Heirloom Seeds, Homesteading, Preparedness

This is the first of three arti­cles geared toward help­ing a sub­ur­ban or even an urban dweller become more food self suf­fi­cient. It doesn’t take a lot of space to grow food but it does take a dif­fer­ent type of think­ing than the tra­di­tion­al gar­den.... Read more

The California drought and what it means for you

by Cameron | Apr 10, 2015 | Food, Food Storage, Gardening, Preparedness, Prepping, Water

Cal­i­for­nia is fac­ing one of the worst droughts the state has ever seen…. it is not the first drought, but based on the water lev­els (and pro­ject­ed water lev­els) the state is in dire need of water and water con­ser­va­tion. Gov­er­nor Brown and the... Read more

The winter that just wont go away

by Cameron | Mar 20, 2015 | Fishing, Food, Food Storage, Gardening, Hunting

As I sit here look­ing at the fore­cast for yet anoth­er win­ter storm, I find myself long­ing for spring and all that comes with it. Its been a long, cold win­ter and, as much as I like the cold and all it brings, Im tired of it and wel­come a change in... Read more

Dehydrating Black Beans for Storage

by suburban | Jan 7, 2014 | Food, Food Storage, Preparedness, Prepping

So, I did­n’t even know you could dehy­drate black beans.  I sup­pose in the back of my mind, I knew it, but thought since I was jump­ing back on the band wag­on again, that I would try some exper­i­men­ta­tion as well.  That said, I used four cans of black... Read more